A grant of up to $3,393,863 for the expansion of sandhills state veterans cemetery in spring lake

The National Cemetery Administration (NCA) awarded $3,393,863 to the North Carolina Department of Military & Veterans Affairs on September 5, 2025, under the Veterans Cemetery Grants Program (CFDA 64.203) to expand the Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, North Carolina. The grant funds the development of 892 cremains gravesites and associated landscaping improvements, with an anticipated completion date of September 30, 2028. This expansion will increase burial capacity at the cemetery, which currently serves more than 257,000 veterans and their eligible family members across the state.

The Veterans Cemetery Grants Program provides federal funding to states and eligible entities to establish, expand, and improve veterans' cemeteries in geographic areas where the VA's national cemetery system cannot fully meet burial service demand. This award represents one of three project grants totaling approximately $4.7 million that North Carolina received in September 2025 under the program to expand capacity at three state veterans cemeteries. All funded projects must conform to VA standards and comply with the Build America, Buy America Act domestic content requirements.

The spring lake cemetery serves more than 257,000 veterans and their eligible family. The grant will fund 892 cremains gravesites, and landscaping.